01 Record
CVE-2017-12611
In Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.10.1, using an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literals can lead to a RCE attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.10.1, using an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literals can lead to a RCE attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 87.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-09-20 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a2cb3d3152be3aa6e59e3354d2d29ba641595450746ad2ebf79ef111d6461e3d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- www.arubanetworks.comhttp://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
- struts.apache.orghttps://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-053.html
- www.securityfocus.com100829http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100829
- kb.netapp.comhttps://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka51A000000CgttQAC/NTAP-20170911-0001